Sunshine Coast Environment Council Inc

Detailed in this section are the Campaigns and Issues that SCEC is addressing at the present time as well as an archive of past campaigns. SCEC' campaigns are the most significant and urgent of the environmental concerns. SCEC is working towards the protection of the environment of the Sunshine Coast through a range of strategies. This website uses a process of environmental issue identification and action. The forum has a wide and varied discussion of environmental issues. Issues discussions that gain enough momentum are 'championed' by a group of people interested in the issue.

The idea of 'championing' an issue is that people who are interested or have skills relevant to the issue can come together to progress the issue. The details of currently championed and archived Issues and Campaigns can be found via the Links below.

Links to Issues and Campaigns

(1) - POPULATION PRESSURE
(2) - WATER QUALITY, QUANTITY, CONSUMPTION and WATERWAYS
(3) - GLOBAL WARMING and CLIMATE CHANGE
(4) - ENVIRONMENTAL
(5) - MARINE
(6) - BIODIVERSITY
(7) - ANTI NUCLEAR
(8) - DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
(9) - TRAVESTON DAM
(10) - WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES

(1) - POPULATION PRESSURE

Introduction - Overview
Online Opinion Research into Population Growth in Queensland - 09/06/2010
SCEC Palmview Submission - 22/04/2010
MEDIA ALERT - "LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE" RALLY - 30/03/2010
Listen to the Voice of the People Rally – Media Release - 25/03/2010
Join the 'Listen to the Voice of the People' Rally - 30/03/2010
Premier Bligh Disregards Environmental and Electoral Imperatives - 19/03/2010
2010 Population Forum - Handouts and Presentations - 14/03/2010
Coast Population Growth - Public Forum - 14/03/2010
Property Council Population “debate” has a Predictable Outcome - 14/03/2010
Sunshine Coast's Debate of the Decade - 14/03/2010
Population Growth Compromises Australia's Emissions Target - 20/01/10
Property Council Push to Overpopulate the Sunshine Coast - SCEC Response - 14/01/10
A Wish for 2010 - A Sustainable Population for Australia - 26/12/09
Population Growth Will Kill the Sunshine Coast - 15/12/09
Majority of Queenslanders Call for Limits on Population Growth - 08/12/09
Do you support a population cap in Queensland? - 05/11/09
Population Strategy for a Sustainable Future - 19/03/09
SCEC Fears Population Growth Impact - 10/12/08
Development and Population Expansion a Worldwide Burden - 04/07/08
Population Plan Outrage - 12/06/08
Snapshot of Changing Queensland Landscape - 20/01/08
Fewer People Would Mean Fewer Worries - 16/01/08
Population Figures Released by the State Government - 27/09/07
The Rule of 70 - Population Doublings - 09/05/07
Background on Local Growth Management Strategies - 09/05/07
SEQ Regional Outdoor Recreation Strategy - 11/04/07
Population Growth on the Sunshine Coast - 04/04/07
Queensland Risks Being Loved to Death - 04/04/07

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(2) - WATER QUALITY, QUANTITY, CONSUMPTION and WATERWAYS

Introduction - Overview
Sunshine Coast Litter Collective takes out Ministers Award - 20/05/2010
Draft SEQ Water Strategy - Submissions Due Friday 12th February 1010 - 11/02/2010
Stem the Tide of Desalination - Submissions Due 12th Feb 2010 - 03/02/2010
A Sustainable Water Strategy for SEQ - 13/11/09
What Options Will the New State Government Provide to Secure our Water Supply? - 13/03/09
Recycled Water Realities - 31/10/08
Healthy Waterways in Need of Care - 24/10/08
Pipline Promises Don't Hold Water - 21/10/08
SEQ Water Strategy Shortfalls - 02/10/08
Push is on to Reduce Water Use - 11/08/08
Sediment in Local Waterways - 11/11/07
Submission to NEPCS on Recycled Drinking Water - 27/09/07
Northern Interconnector Pipeline Submission - 27/09/07
Information on Northern Interconnector Pipeline - 18/05/07
Northern Pipeline Interconnecor:
Stage 1 - Landers Chute to Morayfield - 18/05/07
Recycled Water Myth Busters - 04/04/07
Watrophy - A Paradigm Shift in Water Thinking - 16/02/07
Water Consumption - 20/09/06
Poultry on the Coast and our Waterways - 20/09/06

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(3) - GLOBAL WARMING and CLIMATE CHANGE

Introduction - Overview
Everything you ever wanted to know about installing Solar Power - 22/06/10
Sunshine Coast 1,000 Solar Roofs Project - 12/12/09
Solar Scheme Axed Early - 10/06/09
SCEC Submission EIS Woolooga to Cooroy South Transmission Line Project - 15/05/09
Sunshine Coast 1000 Solar Roofs Project - 17/04/09
Earth Hour - 8.30pm, Saturday, 28th March
Environment Groups’ Election Scorecard - 20/03/09
State Election 21st March 2009 - Log of Claims - 13/03/09
Will March 21st 2009 Deliver a Leader on Climate Change? - 13/03/09
POWER DOWN throughout March - 01/03/09
National Action Climate Summit - 03/02/09
Emission Targets - Media Release - 16/12/08
Garnaut Final Report - Media Release - 01/10/08
GetUp's Climate Change Torch Relay - 21/08/08
Switch Off - All The Time, Every Time - 04/07/08
The Garnaut Report on Emissions Trading Scheme - 04/07/08
Climate Change Report - Queensland Fares Badly - 26/06/08
Experts Foresee Big '08 Arctic Ice Loss - 20/06/08
Protection for the Coorong Wetlands - 20/06/08
Bali Conference - 18/12/07
Greenhouse Mafia - 05/09/07
Saving the Climate is Achievable and Affordable - 09/05/07
Urgent Plea to Protect Sunshine Coast Farms - 26/04/07
Climate Change - 20/09/06

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(4) - ENVIRONMENTAL

Introduction - Overview
GREENhouse Presenters Audio Available Here - Dec 2009/Jan 2010
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity - 18/11/92

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(5) - MARINE

Introduction - Overview
Oil Spill Disaster for South-East Queensland - 14/03/09
Moreton Bay Marine Park - SCEC Submission - 06/03/08
Court Orders Delivered to Whalers in Tokyo - 23/01/08
Dangers of Helium Balloons - 26/09/07

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(6) - BIODIVERSITY

Introduction - Overview
Protect and Restore North Stradbroke Islands Biodiversity - What you can do! - 23/0610
Sunshine Coasts New Biodiversity Strategy - 09/04/10
Record your Koala Sightings on the Koala Diaries Website Here
Draft Koala State Planning Instruments - SCEC Submission - 04/03/10
Submission for the Draft SEQ Koala SPRP - 24/12/09
TreeLine Program - 2010 - 18/11/09
Eleventh-Hour Effort to Save Koala Habitat - 11/09/09
Enough is Enough! Rally to Protect Koalas now! - 10/09/09
Bulldozers Must Stop to Save Habitats for Billions of Animals - 13/03/09
Protect Koalas - 11/02/09
Too Late for Koala Protection - 10/12/08
Koala's in Crisis - Government Strategy Review - 13/07/08
Development and Population Expansion a Worldwide Burden - 04/07/08
Supercat Import Disastrous for Native Species - 20/06/08
The Habitat 2000 Project - 18/12/07
Murdering Creek Road - 04/05/07
Western Wetlands - 03/05/07
Wildlife Corridors and Western Wetlands - 04/04/07
Western Wetlands (Birtinya and Parreara Wetlands) - 01/02/07
Biodiversity Conservation - 20/09/06

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(7) - ANTI NUCLEAR

Introduction - Overview
Liberals Go All Out for Nukes - 05/09/07
Nuclear Energy: No Solution to Climate Change - 04/04/07
Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmarment - 29/03/07

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(8) - DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

Caloundra South Submission - Due 4.30pm Thursday, 20th May - 14/05/10
Our Place Our Future - Submissions Close Monday, 7th December - 04/12/09
Historic Opportunity to Shape the Future of the Sunshine Coast - 15/10/09
SCEC Submission on Integrity and Accountability - 17/09/09
Rainbow Shores Stage 2 Development Rejected - 16/08/09
Caloundra South Position Paper Jul 2009 - 23/07/09
Developers and Unfettered Growth - 17/07/09
SCEC Submission to the SEQ Regional Plan - 01/05/09
Send Your Submission to the SEQ Regional Plan - 27/04/09
Queensland Government Condemning our Coasts - 17/03/09
Twin Waters West - Stockland Development - 05/03/09
Presentation from Public Forum - SEQ Regional Plan - 24/02/09
Public Forum - Draft SEQ Regional Plan 2009 - 2031 - 21/02/09
Sunshine Motorway Upgrade - Pacific Paradise to Noosa - 01/08/08
Proposed Asphalt Plant, Kunda Park - 01/08/08
Bridges Industrial Estate - Yandina - 24/7/08
Landsborough/Nambour Rail Corridor Study - 22/01/08
Woolooga to Cooroy Transmission Line - 18/12/07
Sediment in Local Waterways - 11/11/07
Development Watch at Bli Bli and Rainbow Shores - 03/05/07
Tin Can Bay Marina - 20/09/06

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(9) - TRAVESTON DAM

The Mary River is Saved . . . - 11/11/09
Droughtproofing SEQ, The Cheapest Alternative - 15/10/09
Activism Pack on Watershed Decision for Traveston Dam - 15/10/09
Just Say No to Traveston - 13/10/09
Minister Must Not Accept Incomplete Traveston Crossing Dam Application - 08/10/09
Minister - How Will the Endangered Lungfish be Protected - 15/10/08
Paradise Dam legal action has implications for Traveston - 07/10/08
Traveston Dam - Assessing the True Cost - 06/10/08
Save the Mary - Gold Coast Rally - 12/06/08
Traveston Dam Protest Rally to Brisbane - 16/05/08
Steve Posselts 'Don't Murray the Mary' Kayak Trip - 10/04/08
ACF Submission - Traveston Dam - 17/01/08
Tanzi Alternatives - 16/01/08
SCEC EIS Submission - Traveston Dam - 19/12/07
How to do a Submission on the Dam - 14/12/07
Preparing a Submission for the Traveston Dam Project - 15/11/07
Traveston Dam Issue goes to Expo 2008 - Spain - 09/10/07
Mary River Dam Letter to the Premier - 16/05/07
Traveston Crossing Dam - One Year On - 03/05/07
SCEC Traveston Dam Senate Enquiry Submission - 11/04/07
Traveston Dam EPBC Submission - 11/04/07
The Traveston Dam Senate Inquiry - 11/04/07
So What's the Big Fuss Over the Traveston Dam? - 04/04/07
Traveston Dam - 21/02/07
What Can You Do About the Mary River Dam Proposal? - 16/02/07
Future Dam Options in the Mary River Catchment - 16/02/07
Submission on the Mary River Water Resource Plan - 16/02/07
Points to Include in Submissions of the ToR for Traveston Dam - 01/02/07
Mary River Dam Proposal - 20/09/06

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(10) - WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Council’s New Waste Plan is “Visionary and Fair” - 08/12/09
Organic Waste - A key to a Sustainable Sunshine Coast - 26/04/09
Council Seeks Waste Solutions - 27/01/09
Bioreactor Dumped - 11/11/08
SCEC's Position on Waste - 16/01/08
Kulangoor Bioreactor - 30/09/07
Proposed Bioreactor Dump at Kulangoor - 21/02/07

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